Improvement in ice-tongs



@tutti @Hita RANDOLPH HAYDEN, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 4 TOFER-REE AND HAYDEN. QF SAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No. 87,491, dated March 2, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN IQE-TONGS.

To all whom 'it may cncern A Be it known that I, RANDoLPrH HAYDEN, ofMiddletown, county voi" Middlesex, and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improve- -xnents in the ManufactureofIceLTongs; and, to enable others skillediu the art to make aud use thesame, 'I will proceed to describe, reference being had to the drawings,in which thesame letters indicate like parts in each of the figures. v f

The nature of this invention consists in making icet'ongs of cast-metal,and further, of making them inaleable.

It further consists of casting the handle parallel with the face of thejoint. Then, after having` been rendered malleable, giving the handle aquarter twist, to bring it at right angles with the joint, or parallelwith each other.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l 'shows the two parts vof thetongs as they are cast, and before they are made malleable.

.Figure 2 is a 'section of the joint. v

`a is the joint, chambered out of each half, to receive anactuating-spring.

a. is a lip, formed upon one half of thel tongs, which is designed tofit into a recess, a, formed in the other half of the tongs, whichsteadies the two parts in their true relative position with each other.

b is a hub, formed in one half, which enters the oritice b iu the otherhalf, and when the two parts are put together, they will be firmlysecured by heading the outer end of said hub b.

c are stud-pins, cast in the chamber of the jointplate.

(I is a spiral spring, wound closely, and having hooks, c, formed oneach end thereof'.

This spring is placed over the hub b, and one of the hooks takes hold ofone of the pins o infone half ofthe tongs, while the other hook takeshold ofthe pin c' in the other half, the .otice of which is td draw theclaw-` h are the handles, cast parallel with the face of the unionjoint.

After these two parts have been cast, as described, they are subjectedto the process of being rendered malleable, after which the handles hare twisted a quarter turn from the position as shown, which will bringthem parallel with the hub, or at right angles with the face ofthejoint-plate.

Thus, I am enabled to produce a better, cheaper, and more desirablearticle for use and trade.

I believe I have thus shown thenature, construction, and advantage ofthis invention, so as to enable others skilled lin the art to n'lake anduse the same therefrom.

What I claimfand desire to secure by Letters Pat- Cast-metal ice-tongs,constructed substantially as shown and described, as au improved articleof manufacture. g

.Witnesses: RANDOLPH HAYDEN. [1.. s.]

E. W. Buss, JEREMY W. BLISS.

